About Rikhi Village

Rikhi is a mid sized village in Udaypur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,760, made up of 853 males and 907 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 794.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rikhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rikhi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Udaypur
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	794.82 hectares
Population	1,760
Male Population	853
Female Population	907
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rikhi compares

By the 2011 count Rikhi is the 8th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 907 residents. Its 794.82 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Rikhi

Rikhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rikhi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rikhi from other places

Rikhi lies about 33 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 24 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Rikhi
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	24 km
Nearest town	Surajpur	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Udaypur	33 km
District headquarters	Surguja	33 km

Villages closest to Rikhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Udaypur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Rikhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Rikhi village had a population of 1,760. That makes it the 8th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 907 residents.

Rikhi village has 853 males and 907 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rikhi has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Rikhi is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rikhi covers 794.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rikhi falls under Udaypur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rikhi is Bishrampur, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Rikhi.

Rikhi is about 33 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rikhi is in Udaypur tehsil of Surguja district. Bishrampur is about 24 km away. Surajpur is about 27 km away. Udaypur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.